Atharva Vedam: The Fourth Kalasam at Sriranga VimAnam : Part 11.1

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Dear VedAbhimAnis :

 

The fourth kalasam on the praNavAkruthi

vimAnam represents the Atharva Vedam .

 

Our Lord is also the ATHARVA VEDA SVARUPI . Let us

reflect on selected Atharva Veda Manthrams

from the assembly of the total of 5933 Manthrams

FOR OUR 18 BRICK KAIMKARYAM FOR THE LORD'S TEMPLE

AT POMONA , NY . Hope most of you by now have the sevai

of the adhiadhbutha ArchA mUrthys of the Pomona

Temple at the special web site created by

Sri Parthasarathy Dileepan ( Http://www.geocities.com/

~ahobilam/ranga.html) .There is a wealth of information

at thsi Web site including the images of ArchA Murthies ,

the opportunities for Your particpation in this Kaimkaryam .

Please let Your friends and relatives know about this

wonderful home page for Sri RanganathA POmona Temple

and encourge them to join in this MahA Kaimkaryam .

 

THE SACREDNESS OF ATHARVA VEDAM

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Atharva Vedam is the last of the four VedAs and it

was fashionable to consider it as less important

than the other three .Fortunately , this view has

diminished in importance with time .

 

This Vedam is closely tied with sages AtharvaNA and AngirA .

The literal translation of the name of the above two sages

( Rishis ) have been given as :

 

Atharvan= holy magic bringing happiness

Angiras = hostile or black magic

 

The manthrams however contain more " theosophic

matter" than any other samhithA and it is unfortunate

that the Atharva Vedam was not considered as an equal

to the other three by the Vedic priests for a long time.

The Gopatha BrAhmaNam and the Mundaka Upanishad are

associated with Atharva Vedam and house some of

the profound thoughts linked to Atharva Vedam .

 

UCCHISHTA BRAHMAM AS THE COSMIC CREATOR

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The concept of Ucchishta Bhrammam ( Final Reality ,

Sarva Seshi , Akshara Bhramam , the Undecaying Self )

is housed in this Vedam . In adition to housing

Purusha sUktham like the other three VedAs ,

Atharva Vedam salutes with great reverence the Cosmic

form of the Creator in a glorious hymn known as " Skhamba

sUktham "( AV X.7.1-44 ) .The heights of imagination ,

the sacredness of the conceptions are matchless .

 

Our Lord Sriman NaarAyaNA is visualized in this Vedam

as the Master Weaver , who weaves the entire Universe with

His divine thread (tanthu ) of Unified Law

(rOhithO dhyAvA pruthvee jajAna tathra tanthum

ParamEshtee tathAna ) .

 

Sriman NaarAyaNA , our Lord is conceived as

the divine support ( Skhambha) that sustains

the Universe --the terrestrial ,the interspace

and the celestial regions --in the most perfect manner .

Great concepts of Mathematics are invoked

to describe the way in which our Lord balances

the entire creation and holds the six dimensions of space

in a marvellous equalibrium ( skhambhO dhAdhAra pravisa:

shaDurvee skhambha idham bhuvanamA vivEsa ) . His leela

of Creation at the auspicious stage ( Sri Rangam )

has been compared to the weaving of a Cosmic Cloth

" with divine woofs and warps , shuttles and pegs ,

the art of two divine maidens (day and night )

working incessantly in the parameters of Space and Time .

What a lofty vision ! What a grand concept that wins over

the unified Theory of Realtivity !

 

We will now choose 18 Atharva Veda manthrams in support of

the 18 Brick Kaimkaryam for the constrcution of the House

for the Lord at Pomona , NY . Please join with joy in

this kaimkaryam and give as much as you can .

 

Your wealth in every sense - Worldly wealth ,

spiritual wealth --can only grow with the Blessings

of the Divya Dampathis of Srirangam .

 

SCOPE OF THE REST OF THE COVERAGE OF THIS KAIMKARYAM

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It was not going to be easy to pick just 9 select manthrams

from THE aTHARVA Vedam and hence I have made my task

a little easier by expanding the coverage to 18 manthrams .

I will cover the EIGHTEEN in a companion post today .

 

The plans for the rest of the 18 brick Temple Construction

Kaimkaryam are as follows :

 

11.1&2 : Atharva Vedam , the Fourth Kalasam

12. SarvOpanishad SvarUpan : Sri RanganAthan , the Veda Siras

13. Sriranga Pancha Rathna Krithis of Saint ThyagarAjA

14-18 : The 245 Sriranga Paasurams of 11 AzhwArs

 

After completion of this kaimkaryam over the next few

days with the blessings of the Divya Dampathis of

Srirangam , AdiyEn will observe a period of " Radio silence "

and enjoy the beautiful postings on Thiruvaimozhi ,

Swami Desikan's sthOthrams and other postings of

Fellow BhakthAs of this sathsangham .

 

May Sri RanganAyaki SamEtha Sri RanganAthan give us

the power and wisdom to find ways to complete this

extraordinary Kaimkaryam for Them (viz ., ) the construction

of their new Home here , right amidst us .

 

NamO NaarAyaNA .

 

Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan